Some incredibly mild, but positive (if not bittersweet) tea for fans of What We Do in The Shadows. I'm acquainted with a few people that work on the show, and they've all had nothing but wonderful things to say about it. One of the people I was chatting to has worked on it since the first season and referred to it as a 'once in a lifetime' kind of show in terms of both quality of the show itself, and quality in terms of the workplace environment.
Heard a few horror stories (pun not intended) about the show’s production during the height of the pandemic (that big library season) but glad to hear it’s been a positive experience for the most part since.
Michael Imperioli is really just so lovely. He is a good person. I had the chance to talk to him while I was at work this weekend and he is just kind, genuine, and full of heart. He has a lot of love for his fans and for people in general.
Edit: Sorry, I just relistened to the episode and it was F. Murray Abraham and not Michael.
Lily Allen talked on her podcast a few weeks ago how Michael Imperioli helped her 11 year old daughter win a bet at the Rangers game.
David Harbour was trying to demonstrate to his daughter how hard it is to influence a group of people to do something and offered her $100 if she got 20 people in the lounge to raise 3 fingers. Michael saw her waving around 3 fingers and asked what she was doing. He then helped her by calling out to the room for everyone to raise 3 fingers and she got her $100. 😂
I can confirm this; I worked as a crew member on a recent show of his and he knew everybody's name, down to the set PA's, and would spend time with people instead of hiding out in his trailer. very kind, humble person
There was this group of 40 year old women who were acting particularly pissy at this speakeasy bar in Nashville on Thursday and being really rude to the staff because one of the women had an expired ID and couldn’t be let in. They kept trying to use their Wikipedia pages as a form of ID.
One of the women was Bethany Joy Lenz from One Tree Hill.
As a former bartender, I hate this shit. It’s so self centered.
I once had a mom get pissed because I wouldn’t serve her daughter because the daughter forgot ID . She tried to use her daughter’s Facebook page as proof of age.
Like, ma’am, that won’t hold up in court. I could lose my job, get fined something like 15k, *and* the bar could lose their liquor license so all my coworkers get fucked too.
Tbh no idea - I didn’t even recognize the actress. They were blocking off the entrance/exit as a group, so I took note of the exchange. I’d just commented to the guy checking ID that those women were so rude to him, and he was like “lol that’s Bethany from One Tree Hill.” Then I looked her up and he was right.
On another note, the guy who played Rico on Hannah Montana used his Wikipedia page in 2019 for a drink a few years back in Atlanta when my friend was the bartender. He was super chill though in comparison.
I remember it was basically an open secret that she was conservative for a long time, but she’s really taken a hard right turn since the covid vaccine drama. It’s truly wild.
I was just wondering the other day what had happened to here! Last time I'd heard of her, she was going to perform in Italy but I remember she used to be such a big name in the Broadway Community!
She lost it all because she didn't want to get the vaccine... I wonder if looking back she thinks it was worthy it.
In my country, the hottest tea 🫖 ☕ is that Pablo Larrain is in a relationship with Natalie Portman. He directed her in Jackie in 2016, and now not only are they in a relationship, but they are working on an upcoming film project.
Might also just be seeing competency up close? I wouldn't say my type is specifically smart people, but people who are *good* at their thing (whether its professional, a hobby, side passion project) are way more intriguing to me.
(unfortunately that means I dated a bunch of PhD students in college, do not recommend)
Why wouldn’t you recommend this? I dated several PhD students when I was getting my graduate degrees and I miss those relationships, I much prefer being with like-minded people and will probably go back to that type in the future after dating “career guys” - I care about education over money and I felt like PhDs at least know how to ask good questions and admit when they’re wrong or don’t know something. Doctors and lawyers…not so much, in my view.
The issue I was maybe 20? when this started. I was an undergrad who thought she was so mature compared to the people in my year, and looking back I don't think it's true. I also can't imagine having much in common with a 20 y/o at 26 or 27. Instead I just played therapist for a bunch of people who thought I was some sort of manic pixie dream girl (aka not stressed about a thesis) and made me feel special. I think the kind of person who dates undergrads vs other graduate students is probably very different!
Natalie has talked about her experience working with him as one of the high points of her career and that he was one of the few directors she has worked with who really valued her input and treated her with respect on and off set, so hopefully this bodes well for their future.
I also hope that this relationship is good for both of them. For now, they are collaborating on a film project, so apparently they complement each other creatively 🙌
An intercept reporter uncovered evidence of a shell company owned by Drake called “silence policy” which doesn’t look good for him right now to say the least
Without getting into too much detail for... reasons, I was a victim of the "ovo crew" when I was a teenager. Still have all the old texts/photos kicking around somewhere. Silence policy sounds about right
I am so sorry 💔 I hope you’re doing okay in the midst of all of this and that you have a strong support system. If you ever need help to reach out to a professional or whatever, please lmk, I’m in the GTA and I would be more than happy to help.
My best friend was also a victim of one of the OVO guys and she turned to hard drugs to deal with the trauma. I don’t want to trauma dump, but the situation is so bad that the only thing I can think to do is offer any help to others who have experienced the same thing. So my offer is absolutely genuine for you, and for anyone else in a similar situation.
Sending you so much love and strength and peace 🤍
A while ago (maybe a year) there was a thread in TwoX where a young woman was venting about how she is a model for music videos for a living and typically she is put up in hotels for the job when traveling. Wellllll apparently her new gig was trying to put her up in a house with a bunch of random men from his team, and she ended up losing the job when she refused. She never dropped names (the post was really focused on her venting about the unfairness of it) but said the rapper was famous and she lived in Canada. A few people made assumptions 👀 I’ve thought about it a couple times since the Drake shit has been going on…
Feels weird.
Why would someone actually doing shady shit put their own name on paperwork for a company like that?
These rappers keep whole crews of guys to take the fall and carry the drugs etc, he could put any of their names on his bribery NDA company.
Is he? He’s one of the most successful rapper/pop artists of all time.
For the record I love Kendrick and I’m whatever about Drake. Section 80 is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Drake called Kdot a woman beater which Kendrick already admitted in the song ‘His Pain.’ Kendrick also doesn’t live with his kids and sold their house in Cali.
Notice how his baby mama hasn’t defended him? If my spouse was publicly accused of a crime that I know they didn’t commit and it had millions of views, I would rush to defend them so fast.
Yet it has just been crickets….
Kendrick says: Drake’s half black and can’t say the N word anymore, Drake had cosmetic surgery, Drake’s on weight loss pills, and falsely accused him of having a secret daughter.
None of that is as bad as beating women.
He then called him a Pedo but gave no examples or receipts.
The only proof of anything I have seen is that the guy Baka went to jail for sex trafficking and Drake let him in the crew when he got out.
I don’t know what you know about 90s and 2000s rap, but there were a lot of guys pimping women. That isn’t some bombshell.
Millie Brown has publicly defended Drake. The 17 year old that Drake brought up on stage in 2010 also defended him (she’s 31 now and going to law school) and said she was at the show with her father and nothing bad happened.
Seems like Kendrick pulled the Pedo card and every body hates Drake so much they are all in without any evidence.
Edit: lmao people downvoting me but can’t comment proof or point out what I said that is wrong.
Drake has a routine of “befriending” girls at around 14, some of whom he later publicly dates as soon as they’re legal. What’s most well known is then-14 Millie Bobby Brown mentioning that he would text her relationship advice and hang out with her in private. He was also around Jorja Smith when she was a teenager, model Bella Harris before she was legal, I think some rumoured contact with Billie Eilish underage as well — and women in the general public around Toronto have started acknowledging contact with Drake and his crew. This isn’t just some shit Kendrick pulled out of thin air.
All I see is Drake and Kendrick on my timelines and I still have no idea what's actually happening?
I thought it was just a circus of back to back diss tracks
Not even really tea, but I found out Jemima Kirke and I see doctors in the same office when she walked into the waiting room the other day. I recognized her by her voice first, it’s so distinctive. She had an assistant of some sort with her who she sent to get tea and then we sat in silence for five minutes until I got called back. It was just us two in the waiting room so I didn’t want to even make eye contact. Her assistant was back in the waiting room when I left. So the tea is Jemima Kirke goes to the doctor lol
I saw that Netflix added a new doc on Dan Rather so I'll share some lukewarm tea: he was incredibly boring. I saw him in a small group setting just before he gave a talk (and then the talk itself) and he literally just talked about how he and his wife like to go on road trips. He then proceeded to tell a story that felt like it took thirty minutes about how they once got lost and stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. I don't even remember what else happened, but it was so dull that you could see people's eyes losing focus. I was stunned that someone who has had such an interesting career and been part of so many interviews and stories would be so boring. He was very nice though, and it did seem like he just really enjoys hanging out with his wife lol.
And for a weird fun fact: Dan Rather once tried heroin for a story early in his career. He literally went to a police station in Houston and they injected him and he tried to take notes about how it felt.
I imagine celebrities and celebrated people get to a point in their lives where their reputation precedes them and everyone is just letting them do/say whatever with no social pushback, and that’s how you wind up in this downward spiral of becoming a boring person or a blowhard or whatever with no resistance from the people around you… imagine if you had NO idea that you were boring others!
In NHL tea wise- unofficially retired Nolan Patrick’s burner X accounts got discovered, where he tweets misogynistic,racist stuff, including a horrific tweet regarding the 2018 Canada wjc team getting arrested, shocking quite a few of his fangirls that *le gasp* a man from Brandon Manitoba is a misogynist racist asshole?!? Colour me shocked 😮
Edit: because this is going to bother me only 5 players of the Canadian 2018 wjc team got arrested not the whole roster.
He included parts of his name, where the location m, as well as his friend also had really obvious burner x accounts that he interacted with a lot so people connected the dots.
Tweets wise, anytime a woman reporter tweeted any possible going ons regarding playoff injuries or line ups, he’d respond with variations including but not limited to “go back to folding laundry.” Which he deleted when people called him out using his actual name .
He’s made tweet replies in support of Andrew Tate. Made ableist slurs directed at Justin Trudeau which caused his account to get suspended.
And worst of all, when the 5 team Canada players got arrested in January/February for gang rape, he tweeted and I quote “I hope they fucked her good” so yeah he can go fuck himself
Holy fuck thank you so much for sharing this. I had a soft spot for his splotchy face and migrane issues, but goddamn. Fuck that lousy rat. I hadn't heard even a whisper of this. Don't generally wish ill health to people, but it sounds like his shite career couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy. May continue to fail at everything he tries to do.
I thought his relationship with Travis Konecny was really sweet, too.... guess this doesn't bode well for Travis either😩 when will I fully accept that hockey players are GARBAGE. It's the delusional Leafs fan in me -__-
Edit wanted to add a big Fuck You to Bobby Ryan too for his nasty and tasteless comments about the PWHL. All while he has a little daughter who apparently loves hockey. For fucking shame on these men. Scary stuff to think about all the women in these men's lives.
I used to have a soft spot for him too until like a few years ago, like I don’t wish migraines on anyone but I’m glad he can no longer play in the nhl due to his various injury issues.
And I second the fuck Bobby Ryan thing
My mom worked with a girl who went to a lot of house parties thrown by NHL dudes, so I got a steady stream of stories about all the debauchery and cheating. I think Connor McDavid is getting married soon, or already has, and all I can think about is that he was in most of the stories I heard lol.
Hockey guys are dicks, I'm surprised that this is still a surprise
Hey is this reported anywhere/where is this being discussed? Was looking on Reddit and Google and can't find anything about it at all! Was going to deep dive, as a casual hockey fan.
You might have seen the post in this subreddit about [Macklemore releasing a song 'Hind's Hall' with proceeds going towards UNRWA](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1clwm32/macklemores_out_with_a_new_release_today_hinds/)
Well, looks like he posted that from New Zealand! He has a show here tomorrow, [and Just4Pal (NZ non-profit community group) just shared a video of him on Lambton Quay in Wellington ](https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ppgRHvcMc/)shouting out "everyone doing work for Palestine, Justice 4 Palestine, in New Zealand" :) Really cool that someone ran into him who had connections to the group and got this vid. Also made me realise this is very near where I work and I'm not sure if I would've recognised him hehe
She filmed a moovie in Winnipeg. Apparently shes very nice but incredibly neurotic and visibly riddled with anxiety. Not that thats a bad thing, but apparently made some people worry for her.
For more stuff on the Drake-Kendrick beef, there were rumors today of UMG execs intervening on Drake’s behalf. They don’t want to see their biggest money maker exposed. Hopefully Kendrick doesn’t back down
Small tea from my modelling days lol- the Morroccan model that recently married the millionaire Indian founder of a very big fast fashion family/empire based in the UK, is so problematic irl. She tried to gaslight me and another girl when we spoke up about another rising clothing brand she was modelling for using ZERO black or even deeper skinned models ever, for several years. She and the brand proceeded to tell us that she was good enough to represent all Black women so the brand didn't need to ever hire any Black or darker models. As she identifies as a mixed women, that is more than enough to fulfill the need for dark skin people, and that we and all customers should be satisfied with it and be happy for her opportunity. FYI, She's JLos complexion with dark blonde ringlet curly hair (at the time). Fast forward to today, she does not ever mention or identify as Black or adjacent (obviously), as it turns out she never was, but only pretended when it needed to benefit her career and to avoid any accountability for brands. There are hundred of stories floating of her acting fake & tacky over the years even pre-modelling. Alot of people think she's changed ever since she bagged this guy recently but she's been this way for a while, but I'm only gonna speak on the tea from my own personal experience.
weak tea but Rachel Zegler is SUCH a sweetheart. She visited her boyfriend's set (on the new Ryan Murphy show) and was so kind to everybody and invited the set PA's to hang out. my roommate worked on the show!
I love Rachel so happy to hear she’s a sweetheart! Did you hear anything about her bf? I know nothing about him except they worked on 2 films together.
A friend of mine was a cast assistant on Dear Evan Hansen (the broadway show) and Mike Faist was a terror :/ he made her cry multiple times throughout the production and was generally very cruel. I'm hoping that he's changed by now since this was a long time ago. Disappointed bc I was a fan of his
I knew a couple of PAs who worked with him on *Pinball*, and I can confirm he’s changed somewhat. He seems to be somewhat calm and courteous these days, if a little jumpy.
Based on his recent interviews, emma chamberlain's in particular, I got the sense that if I was near him I would stay out of his way and his attitude. I hope your friend is okay!
i saw him signing things and he low key gave a death stare to one of the fans who mentioned evan hansen. i thought it was weird but everyone, including the girl, seemed like they didn’t notice so i just thought i misunderstood lmao
Is it the video of the girl singing sincerely me to him? He was just a little surprised but ended up laughing along. Im not trying to defend the PA stuff but he just strikes me as a dry/acerbic guy (also private because back in the broadway tumblr days his stans were actually INSANE) that doesn't necessarily mean he hates her lol
yeah that’s why i thought i might have read it wrong
i have however, seen many videos since i wrote that comment and he comes off as kind of rude in interviews. it doesn’t really come off as dry humour to me, more so just a bit nothing…idk thought again i could be wrong cause i don’t really know the guy.
this is not to do with you but a comment in general that if he was a woman, he would be getting a lot more hate for these interviews i’ve seen of him
I totally agree. If he was a woman, he would be cancelled to oblivion.
I see on Twitter where he is being infantalised for not wanting to do the press.
yeah i find the defence of dryness interesting as well cause in some interviews, even with his costars, he seems straight up just not interested in what they’re saying to the point that he looks annoyed. like a woman can make a little joke without smiling and you’ll find twenty tweets, all with 5k likes, dragging her
I thought I was the only one who just doesn't see what he did that's so bad in Emma's interview. The whole thing was very off and awkward, but Emma started it with the weird question about matching when they obviously aren't matching at all and then none of them quite recovered from that opening. For my money, dude could use some media training if he's interested in doing more high profile stuff, but I really didn't get the vibe that he's being an ass on purpose.
To be clear, I'm not swinging a bat for Mike Faist, if he's awful to PAs then by all means 100% fuck him, it's just this particular interaction that I don't have a huge issue with.
Supposedly according to twitter his dad recently died too? So I haven't seen the Emma interview but if he's a little disinterested after a long press tour, on an overwhelming night, *and* after a family member died then that seems fairly understandable and I don't think that particular interview should be used as damning evidence. But if he really is terrible outside of that then that's not okay.
I listened to a podcast interview where he talked about this (Empire podcast from a few weeks ago if anyone's interested). His father and paternal grandfather died in quite quick succession at the beginning of the year I believe, so I think that combined with the fact that he's clearly not super fond of PR-y stuff - I'd have empathy if he's not coming across great. Compared with this West Side Story press he does seem much more dead pan and subdued, IMO.
Although I will say clearly not negating any negative experiences people have had with him - though I will say most of what I've heard, particularly from the Broadway community, has been very positive.
Yep, I mentioned this in another post but I don’t like her met gala interviews at all. It’s not even that she doesn’t talk about fashion, but even her non fashion questions are dumb. It’s clear why she’s there, she brings in the views. But, like you said, they weren’t matching at all and why ask about their favorite candy like they’re children. I don’t think he was rude but she has a big following so it’s not surprising that people are using it as pretext to call him rude.
that's totally fair. in my eyes i appreciated the fact that josh didn't take it too seriously admist a random, inane question and was sweet and said jolly ranchers specifically the juicy ones lol while mike was like...no bye.
oh no omg, I’ve gotta check that one out
And thank you, I keep checking on her bc I know what it’s like to have someone who treated you terrible to get famous. It’s a shame all around
lol my original comment got downvoted a lot too, people like celebrity gossip until it's negative firsthand accounts of someone they like. they don't ever want to admit the possibility of their fave being a not-so-great person
I like Mike Faist a lot as a performer and actor, but he totally reminds me of that one tik tok creator that makes fun of broadway divas. (Look up the video "POV: You approach the senior theatre kids").
He has given off “I’d rather be anywhere else but here” energy during the challengers press run. Zendaya is an EP and I just keep thinking, dude that’s one of your bosses you’re acting like that in front of??
predictable tea shared from a low-level employee, but sharing because it's about a big name. ariana grande's PR machine since she switched teams is so much more involved than most people think. her reps lurk in all corners of the internet (including snark and smut subreddits dedicated to her) to temp check the public consensus on her affair. some examples I can share because they'd be reasonably obvious for an outsider to guess: her team was originally going to take the approach of laying low and waiting for the storm to pass, but more negative details kept leaking out about the situation. so they had to change direction and went full-on "people's princess" style campaign. this is distinct from the wicked promo and will continue after the movie/s.
another fun tidbit, there are so many people out there who had to sign NDAs about the spongebob thing. think service workers at restaurants, wicked crew members, etc. i have no insight into what the NDAs are about but know they exist
That second tidbit is so interesting, considering Bowen Yang mentioned something on his podcast about “the public having no idea about what really happened and they are so wrong” would that be tmi if he signed a nda???
Not really tea but I embarrassed myself in front of Paul Mescal (and his brother) today (in Fitzrovia)
I was walking past them and I made eye contact and kind of stopped because I thought I knew him? Then it clicked and I walked away shouting “oh god I don’t actually know you I’m sorry”. In my defence I’d had three large red wines in the sun.
If anyone needs me I’ll be in the sea
Also, The Rolling Stones had their first show of their new tour that day, so maybe he got sidetracked with travel, sound checks, unexpected issues, etc.
Melanie is my age and from the same town. Williamsburg, VA. It is BEYOND strange to me that a girl from Williamsburg, born in the late 80s, ended up with Mick Jagger.
Minor tea but I remember someone asking a few weeks ago about James Stewart (aus actor) and his marriage to his co-star Sarah Roberts. Since then, she's announced they are divorced (seems like they have been for a while) but it's seems to have come out that he's now with *another* co-star- Ada Nicodemou. They both are on a soap, Home and Away together (currently playing a married couple). What's interesting about this imo is that she is the third co-star he seems to have had a relationship with
Weak tea, but I sat behind Vinette Robinson from Boiling Point at a theatre in London (I was reviewing the play). She seemed to be having a good time, but the guy she was with mysteriously left about 20 minutes in and never returned.
Met Gala standout Mona Patel is not who she says she is, looking at the companies she’s “founded” and the “charity” she runs gives me real Anna Delvey vibes
Some incredibly mild, but positive (if not bittersweet) tea for fans of What We Do in The Shadows. I'm acquainted with a few people that work on the show, and they've all had nothing but wonderful things to say about it. One of the people I was chatting to has worked on it since the first season and referred to it as a 'once in a lifetime' kind of show in terms of both quality of the show itself, and quality in terms of the workplace environment.
as a fan of the show, this is so nice to hear!
A few of the special effects people have commented on the subreddit about how they do things and are always really nice
Heard a few horror stories (pun not intended) about the show’s production during the height of the pandemic (that big library season) but glad to hear it’s been a positive experience for the most part since.
that’s so nice to hear, I absolutely love that cast
I’ve always wanted to know how Tash Demetriou is like irl, on podcasts she seems like a HOOT
Michael Imperioli is really just so lovely. He is a good person. I had the chance to talk to him while I was at work this weekend and he is just kind, genuine, and full of heart. He has a lot of love for his fans and for people in general.
Edit: Sorry, I just relistened to the episode and it was F. Murray Abraham and not Michael. Lily Allen talked on her podcast a few weeks ago how Michael Imperioli helped her 11 year old daughter win a bet at the Rangers game. David Harbour was trying to demonstrate to his daughter how hard it is to influence a group of people to do something and offered her $100 if she got 20 people in the lounge to raise 3 fingers. Michael saw her waving around 3 fingers and asked what she was doing. He then helped her by calling out to the room for everyone to raise 3 fingers and she got her $100. 😂
Whaaaat this is not the celeb combo I was expecting hahaha. Don't suppose you remember which ep of the podcast this was?
Sorry, I just relistened (episode “Baby Planedeer”) and I got Michael mixed up with F. Murray Abraham.
David isn't the father of Lily's children.
Yes, they are his stepdaughters. He does call them his daughters though and Lily and David have primary custody.
I saw him in Enemy of the People in New York last week and I was blown away by his performance ! So glad to hear he’s a great guy!
He introduced James Gandolfini to me as Jim, I’ll always love him
He was so perfect in White Lotus.
Happy to hear this. I’ve also heard really good word about his next film, Oh Canada, which is playing at the Cannes Film Festival soon.
I can confirm this; I worked as a crew member on a recent show of his and he knew everybody's name, down to the set PA's, and would spend time with people instead of hiding out in his trailer. very kind, humble person
There was this group of 40 year old women who were acting particularly pissy at this speakeasy bar in Nashville on Thursday and being really rude to the staff because one of the women had an expired ID and couldn’t be let in. They kept trying to use their Wikipedia pages as a form of ID. One of the women was Bethany Joy Lenz from One Tree Hill.
As a former bartender, I hate this shit. It’s so self centered. I once had a mom get pissed because I wouldn’t serve her daughter because the daughter forgot ID . She tried to use her daughter’s Facebook page as proof of age. Like, ma’am, that won’t hold up in court. I could lose my job, get fined something like 15k, *and* the bar could lose their liquor license so all my coworkers get fucked too.
omg not their wiki pages as id 💀💀💀
well if you don't have an ID what else are they supposed to do? not everything is some big gossip or problematic situation
Go somewhere else? Places that require ID require ID. Incredibly simple really
omg was Laura Osnes in this group? morbidly fascinated by the turn her life has taken and when creeping her Insta, I've seen her post Bethany
Tbh no idea - I didn’t even recognize the actress. They were blocking off the entrance/exit as a group, so I took note of the exchange. I’d just commented to the guy checking ID that those women were so rude to him, and he was like “lol that’s Bethany from One Tree Hill.” Then I looked her up and he was right. On another note, the guy who played Rico on Hannah Montana used his Wikipedia page in 2019 for a drink a few years back in Atlanta when my friend was the bartender. He was super chill though in comparison.
Ugh same. And it's so disappointing, because I used to really love her!
I miss that era of Broadway (and broadway.com) content so much!
your flair 😂
I remember it was basically an open secret that she was conservative for a long time, but she’s really taken a hard right turn since the covid vaccine drama. It’s truly wild.
I was just wondering the other day what had happened to here! Last time I'd heard of her, she was going to perform in Italy but I remember she used to be such a big name in the Broadway Community! She lost it all because she didn't want to get the vaccine... I wonder if looking back she thinks it was worthy it.
The theater kid in me needs to know if it was her
Ooh what bar
Old Glory
wait why were they id’d if they look clearly old is that like a thing in the states where everyone has to be id’d no matter what😂😂
they're fucking 40 they should be let in
In my country, the hottest tea 🫖 ☕ is that Pablo Larrain is in a relationship with Natalie Portman. He directed her in Jackie in 2016, and now not only are they in a relationship, but they are working on an upcoming film project.
I guess creative collaboration is a turn-on. Didn't she meet her ex working in Black Swan too? Not judging, just intrigued by a potential pattern.
Might also just be seeing competency up close? I wouldn't say my type is specifically smart people, but people who are *good* at their thing (whether its professional, a hobby, side passion project) are way more intriguing to me. (unfortunately that means I dated a bunch of PhD students in college, do not recommend)
Oh yes, I get that too.
Why wouldn’t you recommend this? I dated several PhD students when I was getting my graduate degrees and I miss those relationships, I much prefer being with like-minded people and will probably go back to that type in the future after dating “career guys” - I care about education over money and I felt like PhDs at least know how to ask good questions and admit when they’re wrong or don’t know something. Doctors and lawyers…not so much, in my view.
The issue I was maybe 20? when this started. I was an undergrad who thought she was so mature compared to the people in my year, and looking back I don't think it's true. I also can't imagine having much in common with a 20 y/o at 26 or 27. Instead I just played therapist for a bunch of people who thought I was some sort of manic pixie dream girl (aka not stressed about a thesis) and made me feel special. I think the kind of person who dates undergrads vs other graduate students is probably very different!
Oh that’s definitely very true! I was 22-24, so they were older but not by much. I’m sorry it wasn’t a great experience for you.
Meeting new people through work is incredibly common, and if you’re in the semi-cloistered A-list world, probably a borderline necessity
I mean even normal people often meet partners via work.
Hopefully this one wasn’t already in a relationship.
As far as I know, he wasn't
Natalie has talked about her experience working with him as one of the high points of her career and that he was one of the few directors she has worked with who really valued her input and treated her with respect on and off set, so hopefully this bodes well for their future.
I also hope that this relationship is good for both of them. For now, they are collaborating on a film project, so apparently they complement each other creatively 🙌
Ok I know his name but I never knew what he looked like until I just googled him just now. Okay he is fione, she always be getting hers lol
Isn’t he a frequent collaborator of Gael? If you have a type, you have a type I guess.
Is he not married?
He divorced in 2014
An intercept reporter uncovered evidence of a shell company owned by Drake called “silence policy” which doesn’t look good for him right now to say the least
Without getting into too much detail for... reasons, I was a victim of the "ovo crew" when I was a teenager. Still have all the old texts/photos kicking around somewhere. Silence policy sounds about right
Wow, I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope you are doing better now. And the recent beef in the news hasn't been triggering for you ♥️
I am so sorry 💔 I hope you’re doing okay in the midst of all of this and that you have a strong support system. If you ever need help to reach out to a professional or whatever, please lmk, I’m in the GTA and I would be more than happy to help. My best friend was also a victim of one of the OVO guys and she turned to hard drugs to deal with the trauma. I don’t want to trauma dump, but the situation is so bad that the only thing I can think to do is offer any help to others who have experienced the same thing. So my offer is absolutely genuine for you, and for anyone else in a similar situation. Sending you so much love and strength and peace 🤍
A while ago (maybe a year) there was a thread in TwoX where a young woman was venting about how she is a model for music videos for a living and typically she is put up in hotels for the job when traveling. Wellllll apparently her new gig was trying to put her up in a house with a bunch of random men from his team, and she ended up losing the job when she refused. She never dropped names (the post was really focused on her venting about the unfairness of it) but said the rapper was famous and she lived in Canada. A few people made assumptions 👀 I’ve thought about it a couple times since the Drake shit has been going on…
Anyone who lived in Toronto during the OVO comeup will tell you that that whole group is cancerous.
Dont most celebs have shell companies?
Ya but the name is the sus part
Feels weird. Why would someone actually doing shady shit put their own name on paperwork for a company like that? These rappers keep whole crews of guys to take the fall and carry the drugs etc, he could put any of their names on his bribery NDA company.
If these last few days have taught me anything it’s that Drake is pretty stupid
Is he? He’s one of the most successful rapper/pop artists of all time. For the record I love Kendrick and I’m whatever about Drake. Section 80 is one of my favorite albums of all time. Drake called Kdot a woman beater which Kendrick already admitted in the song ‘His Pain.’ Kendrick also doesn’t live with his kids and sold their house in Cali. Notice how his baby mama hasn’t defended him? If my spouse was publicly accused of a crime that I know they didn’t commit and it had millions of views, I would rush to defend them so fast. Yet it has just been crickets…. Kendrick says: Drake’s half black and can’t say the N word anymore, Drake had cosmetic surgery, Drake’s on weight loss pills, and falsely accused him of having a secret daughter. None of that is as bad as beating women. He then called him a Pedo but gave no examples or receipts. The only proof of anything I have seen is that the guy Baka went to jail for sex trafficking and Drake let him in the crew when he got out. I don’t know what you know about 90s and 2000s rap, but there were a lot of guys pimping women. That isn’t some bombshell. Millie Brown has publicly defended Drake. The 17 year old that Drake brought up on stage in 2010 also defended him (she’s 31 now and going to law school) and said she was at the show with her father and nothing bad happened. Seems like Kendrick pulled the Pedo card and every body hates Drake so much they are all in without any evidence. Edit: lmao people downvoting me but can’t comment proof or point out what I said that is wrong.
Drake has a routine of “befriending” girls at around 14, some of whom he later publicly dates as soon as they’re legal. What’s most well known is then-14 Millie Bobby Brown mentioning that he would text her relationship advice and hang out with her in private. He was also around Jorja Smith when she was a teenager, model Bella Harris before she was legal, I think some rumoured contact with Billie Eilish underage as well — and women in the general public around Toronto have started acknowledging contact with Drake and his crew. This isn’t just some shit Kendrick pulled out of thin air.
So he’s not actually a Pedo or Molester, he’s a creeper like most of the men in Hollywood?
Someone who “creeps” children is a paedophile.
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Why isn’t he in jail then? If there is literally video evidence??
All I see is Drake and Kendrick on my timelines and I still have no idea what's actually happening? I thought it was just a circus of back to back diss tracks
listen to them in order
Not even really tea, but I found out Jemima Kirke and I see doctors in the same office when she walked into the waiting room the other day. I recognized her by her voice first, it’s so distinctive. She had an assistant of some sort with her who she sent to get tea and then we sat in silence for five minutes until I got called back. It was just us two in the waiting room so I didn’t want to even make eye contact. Her assistant was back in the waiting room when I left. So the tea is Jemima Kirke goes to the doctor lol
I do enjoy regular room temperature tea like that
Love a girl looking after her health
Is she luminous in person? I saw Zosia Mamet in person once and was blown away by how beautiful she is.
She was so beautiful and cool, it felt so weird seeing her in such a mundane setting.
I saw that Netflix added a new doc on Dan Rather so I'll share some lukewarm tea: he was incredibly boring. I saw him in a small group setting just before he gave a talk (and then the talk itself) and he literally just talked about how he and his wife like to go on road trips. He then proceeded to tell a story that felt like it took thirty minutes about how they once got lost and stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. I don't even remember what else happened, but it was so dull that you could see people's eyes losing focus. I was stunned that someone who has had such an interesting career and been part of so many interviews and stories would be so boring. He was very nice though, and it did seem like he just really enjoys hanging out with his wife lol. And for a weird fun fact: Dan Rather once tried heroin for a story early in his career. He literally went to a police station in Houston and they injected him and he tried to take notes about how it felt.
There's something about that generation that loves to tell long drawn out stories
something something lead paint
I find this incredibly wholesome for some reason? ETA: not the heroin part obviously lol
I imagine celebrities and celebrated people get to a point in their lives where their reputation precedes them and everyone is just letting them do/say whatever with no social pushback, and that’s how you wind up in this downward spiral of becoming a boring person or a blowhard or whatever with no resistance from the people around you… imagine if you had NO idea that you were boring others!
Why would some get pushback for being boring? Like that would be an incredibly rude thing to do and much worse than someone simply being boring.
yeah like it's not a crime to be boring is it, i know plenty of none famous people who are boring it's not really their fault they just are boring
Reminding me of the bubble from 30 rock, with the frat guy
I’ll have a carp po’boy and a diet raspberry Fanta please
Eh. Im not famous at all and I can go on and on about some of my road trips. Why just the other day I went to the #1 BBQ place in Texas...
Lol his birthday is Halloween, and still boring. I kinda love that. He is 92 though, I mean how fun could you be at that age...
Dan Rather once yelled at me when I worked for a hotel.
Was it loud there?
I saw him on a book tour in 2018 I think it was. He was great and just lovely. He has aged though.
How Uncle Colm of him.
In NHL tea wise- unofficially retired Nolan Patrick’s burner X accounts got discovered, where he tweets misogynistic,racist stuff, including a horrific tweet regarding the 2018 Canada wjc team getting arrested, shocking quite a few of his fangirls that *le gasp* a man from Brandon Manitoba is a misogynist racist asshole?!? Colour me shocked 😮 Edit: because this is going to bother me only 5 players of the Canadian 2018 wjc team got arrested not the whole roster.
This is so difficult to believe, you must be lying /s
whoa whats the story here? how does the burner account got discovered?
He included parts of his name, where the location m, as well as his friend also had really obvious burner x accounts that he interacted with a lot so people connected the dots. Tweets wise, anytime a woman reporter tweeted any possible going ons regarding playoff injuries or line ups, he’d respond with variations including but not limited to “go back to folding laundry.” Which he deleted when people called him out using his actual name . He’s made tweet replies in support of Andrew Tate. Made ableist slurs directed at Justin Trudeau which caused his account to get suspended. And worst of all, when the 5 team Canada players got arrested in January/February for gang rape, he tweeted and I quote “I hope they fucked her good” so yeah he can go fuck himself
Holy fuck thank you so much for sharing this. I had a soft spot for his splotchy face and migrane issues, but goddamn. Fuck that lousy rat. I hadn't heard even a whisper of this. Don't generally wish ill health to people, but it sounds like his shite career couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy. May continue to fail at everything he tries to do. I thought his relationship with Travis Konecny was really sweet, too.... guess this doesn't bode well for Travis either😩 when will I fully accept that hockey players are GARBAGE. It's the delusional Leafs fan in me -__- Edit wanted to add a big Fuck You to Bobby Ryan too for his nasty and tasteless comments about the PWHL. All while he has a little daughter who apparently loves hockey. For fucking shame on these men. Scary stuff to think about all the women in these men's lives.
I used to have a soft spot for him too until like a few years ago, like I don’t wish migraines on anyone but I’m glad he can no longer play in the nhl due to his various injury issues. And I second the fuck Bobby Ryan thing
My mom worked with a girl who went to a lot of house parties thrown by NHL dudes, so I got a steady stream of stories about all the debauchery and cheating. I think Connor McDavid is getting married soon, or already has, and all I can think about is that he was in most of the stories I heard lol. Hockey guys are dicks, I'm surprised that this is still a surprise
Hey is this reported anywhere/where is this being discussed? Was looking on Reddit and Google and can't find anything about it at all! Was going to deep dive, as a casual hockey fan.
When in doubt tumblr lol. Hockeyblr is usually miles ahead of everywhere else when it comes to the less savoury things about nhl players
What are some good accounts to follow? I haven’t used tumblr in ages but I’m interested in this
Dogwittaablog has been the main person on the Nolan thing
Leave Manitoba out of this! (youre not entirely wrong though lol)
I’m from Manitoba I’m allowed to put it in there!
You might have seen the post in this subreddit about [Macklemore releasing a song 'Hind's Hall' with proceeds going towards UNRWA](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1clwm32/macklemores_out_with_a_new_release_today_hinds/) Well, looks like he posted that from New Zealand! He has a show here tomorrow, [and Just4Pal (NZ non-profit community group) just shared a video of him on Lambton Quay in Wellington ](https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ppgRHvcMc/)shouting out "everyone doing work for Palestine, Justice 4 Palestine, in New Zealand" :) Really cool that someone ran into him who had connections to the group and got this vid. Also made me realise this is very near where I work and I'm not sure if I would've recognised him hehe
A friend of mine is his couturier, evidently Macklemore is a lovely, generous person
I certainly hope so given his lack of talent
Renee Zellweger is a gem. She went out of her way to say hi to me and shake my hand, even though she had to go pee.
She filmed a moovie in Winnipeg. Apparently shes very nice but incredibly neurotic and visibly riddled with anxiety. Not that thats a bad thing, but apparently made some people worry for her.
That's kind of the impression I got but she still went out of her way to be nice to me so she'a good in my books.
For more stuff on the Drake-Kendrick beef, there were rumors today of UMG execs intervening on Drake’s behalf. They don’t want to see their biggest money maker exposed. Hopefully Kendrick doesn’t back down
Small tea from my modelling days lol- the Morroccan model that recently married the millionaire Indian founder of a very big fast fashion family/empire based in the UK, is so problematic irl. She tried to gaslight me and another girl when we spoke up about another rising clothing brand she was modelling for using ZERO black or even deeper skinned models ever, for several years. She and the brand proceeded to tell us that she was good enough to represent all Black women so the brand didn't need to ever hire any Black or darker models. As she identifies as a mixed women, that is more than enough to fulfill the need for dark skin people, and that we and all customers should be satisfied with it and be happy for her opportunity. FYI, She's JLos complexion with dark blonde ringlet curly hair (at the time). Fast forward to today, she does not ever mention or identify as Black or adjacent (obviously), as it turns out she never was, but only pretended when it needed to benefit her career and to avoid any accountability for brands. There are hundred of stories floating of her acting fake & tacky over the years even pre-modelling. Alot of people think she's changed ever since she bagged this guy recently but she's been this way for a while, but I'm only gonna speak on the tea from my own personal experience. 
There is a lot of anti blackness in North Africa so this isn't surprising at all.
Who is this?
Google PLT founder wedding
weak tea but Rachel Zegler is SUCH a sweetheart. She visited her boyfriend's set (on the new Ryan Murphy show) and was so kind to everybody and invited the set PA's to hang out. my roommate worked on the show!
I love Rachel so happy to hear she’s a sweetheart! Did you hear anything about her bf? I know nothing about him except they worked on 2 films together.
A friend of mine was a cast assistant on Dear Evan Hansen (the broadway show) and Mike Faist was a terror :/ he made her cry multiple times throughout the production and was generally very cruel. I'm hoping that he's changed by now since this was a long time ago. Disappointed bc I was a fan of his
I knew a couple of PAs who worked with him on *Pinball*, and I can confirm he’s changed somewhat. He seems to be somewhat calm and courteous these days, if a little jumpy.
I hope so!! I’ve no doubt people can change it’s always nice when it happens
Based on his recent interviews, emma chamberlain's in particular, I got the sense that if I was near him I would stay out of his way and his attitude. I hope your friend is okay!
i saw him signing things and he low key gave a death stare to one of the fans who mentioned evan hansen. i thought it was weird but everyone, including the girl, seemed like they didn’t notice so i just thought i misunderstood lmao
Is it the video of the girl singing sincerely me to him? He was just a little surprised but ended up laughing along. Im not trying to defend the PA stuff but he just strikes me as a dry/acerbic guy (also private because back in the broadway tumblr days his stans were actually INSANE) that doesn't necessarily mean he hates her lol
yeah that’s why i thought i might have read it wrong i have however, seen many videos since i wrote that comment and he comes off as kind of rude in interviews. it doesn’t really come off as dry humour to me, more so just a bit nothing…idk thought again i could be wrong cause i don’t really know the guy. this is not to do with you but a comment in general that if he was a woman, he would be getting a lot more hate for these interviews i’ve seen of him
I totally agree. If he was a woman, he would be cancelled to oblivion. I see on Twitter where he is being infantalised for not wanting to do the press.
yeah i find the defence of dryness interesting as well cause in some interviews, even with his costars, he seems straight up just not interested in what they’re saying to the point that he looks annoyed. like a woman can make a little joke without smiling and you’ll find twenty tweets, all with 5k likes, dragging her
Ngl I don’t care for his attitude during Emma’s interview bc her interviews are so lame. But I hope he’s normal to PAs.
I thought I was the only one who just doesn't see what he did that's so bad in Emma's interview. The whole thing was very off and awkward, but Emma started it with the weird question about matching when they obviously aren't matching at all and then none of them quite recovered from that opening. For my money, dude could use some media training if he's interested in doing more high profile stuff, but I really didn't get the vibe that he's being an ass on purpose. To be clear, I'm not swinging a bat for Mike Faist, if he's awful to PAs then by all means 100% fuck him, it's just this particular interaction that I don't have a huge issue with.
Supposedly according to twitter his dad recently died too? So I haven't seen the Emma interview but if he's a little disinterested after a long press tour, on an overwhelming night, *and* after a family member died then that seems fairly understandable and I don't think that particular interview should be used as damning evidence. But if he really is terrible outside of that then that's not okay.
I listened to a podcast interview where he talked about this (Empire podcast from a few weeks ago if anyone's interested). His father and paternal grandfather died in quite quick succession at the beginning of the year I believe, so I think that combined with the fact that he's clearly not super fond of PR-y stuff - I'd have empathy if he's not coming across great. Compared with this West Side Story press he does seem much more dead pan and subdued, IMO. Although I will say clearly not negating any negative experiences people have had with him - though I will say most of what I've heard, particularly from the Broadway community, has been very positive.
Yep, I mentioned this in another post but I don’t like her met gala interviews at all. It’s not even that she doesn’t talk about fashion, but even her non fashion questions are dumb. It’s clear why she’s there, she brings in the views. But, like you said, they weren’t matching at all and why ask about their favorite candy like they’re children. I don’t think he was rude but she has a big following so it’s not surprising that people are using it as pretext to call him rude.
that's totally fair. in my eyes i appreciated the fact that josh didn't take it too seriously admist a random, inane question and was sweet and said jolly ranchers specifically the juicy ones lol while mike was like...no bye.
oh no omg, I’ve gotta check that one out And thank you, I keep checking on her bc I know what it’s like to have someone who treated you terrible to get famous. It’s a shame all around
wait say more....i love him i thought
Oh no I was just starting to have a huge crush on him after Challengers
Right?? I thought he was so endearing. I’m disappointed
Everybody in this thread saying they used to like him or wanted to like him has gotten multiple downvotes, it's weird
lol my original comment got downvoted a lot too, people like celebrity gossip until it's negative firsthand accounts of someone they like. they don't ever want to admit the possibility of their fave being a not-so-great person
I like Mike Faist a lot as a performer and actor, but he totally reminds me of that one tik tok creator that makes fun of broadway divas. (Look up the video "POV: You approach the senior theatre kids").
He has given off “I’d rather be anywhere else but here” energy during the challengers press run. Zendaya is an EP and I just keep thinking, dude that’s one of your bosses you’re acting like that in front of??
I mean that's kind of sick though. You don't have to suck up to your boss. All three of them seem to hate PR in general too.
I didn’t mean it as sucking up, more just unprofessional/rude around your boss to other people just doing their jobs too :/
predictable tea shared from a low-level employee, but sharing because it's about a big name. ariana grande's PR machine since she switched teams is so much more involved than most people think. her reps lurk in all corners of the internet (including snark and smut subreddits dedicated to her) to temp check the public consensus on her affair. some examples I can share because they'd be reasonably obvious for an outsider to guess: her team was originally going to take the approach of laying low and waiting for the storm to pass, but more negative details kept leaking out about the situation. so they had to change direction and went full-on "people's princess" style campaign. this is distinct from the wicked promo and will continue after the movie/s. another fun tidbit, there are so many people out there who had to sign NDAs about the spongebob thing. think service workers at restaurants, wicked crew members, etc. i have no insight into what the NDAs are about but know they exist
That second tidbit is so interesting, considering Bowen Yang mentioned something on his podcast about “the public having no idea about what really happened and they are so wrong” would that be tmi if he signed a nda???
Not really tea but I embarrassed myself in front of Paul Mescal (and his brother) today (in Fitzrovia) I was walking past them and I made eye contact and kind of stopped because I thought I knew him? Then it clicked and I walked away shouting “oh god I don’t actually know you I’m sorry”. In my defence I’d had three large red wines in the sun. If anyone needs me I’ll be in the sea
Haha were u at the nell mescal concert as well then??
No lol, they were having a drink outside a wine bar
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He did post on his story, just not on his main feed. Saw it on his story last week.
Ah, I was not able to find it despite looking. Glad to hear he did post for her. Thank you.
Also, The Rolling Stones had their first show of their new tour that day, so maybe he got sidetracked with travel, sound checks, unexpected issues, etc.
That sounds very plausible
I can't find it, could you possibly link it?
Insta story expire after 24 hours.
Well that sucks
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Melanie is my age and from the same town. Williamsburg, VA. It is BEYOND strange to me that a girl from Williamsburg, born in the late 80s, ended up with Mick Jagger.
Minor tea but I remember someone asking a few weeks ago about James Stewart (aus actor) and his marriage to his co-star Sarah Roberts. Since then, she's announced they are divorced (seems like they have been for a while) but it's seems to have come out that he's now with *another* co-star- Ada Nicodemou. They both are on a soap, Home and Away together (currently playing a married couple). What's interesting about this imo is that she is the third co-star he seems to have had a relationship with
Fourth.
Blanking right now- who is the fourth? I can only think of Jessica, Sarah and Ada (obviously missing someone lol)
Isabella Giovinazzo who played Phoebe. She left her husband of less than a year for him.
Yikes, that's quite the pattern then
Also dated Zoe Naylor when he was on Breakers….that also starred Ada Nicodemou….messy, messy, messy
Weak tea, but I sat behind Vinette Robinson from Boiling Point at a theatre in London (I was reviewing the play). She seemed to be having a good time, but the guy she was with mysteriously left about 20 minutes in and never returned.
https://preview.redd.it/8900p90tuvyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcedfd70f013c56b1748891d6cd84383ab1419bb **A Mini Vampire Diaries Reunion**
God Matt Davis is such a POS
Didn’t recognize Zach at all!
Trevino never ages <3
Helloooo Zach
Met Gala standout Mona Patel is not who she says she is, looking at the companies she’s “founded” and the “charity” she runs gives me real Anna Delvey vibes
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So...Conan didn't make out with 19-year-old models and was looking for a stable relationship prior to his 2002 marriage? Big if true